Raines H.S- The intimidating confines of the “graveyard” continue to be a place that many opponents find little chance of winning this year. Another night of balance offensive attacks dismantled Sandalwood High enroute to a 55-20 victory. Raines getting ready for their showdown vs Sandalwood pic.twitter.com/daVDQegDiV — Duval Sports (@DuvalSports) October 6, 2017 Leading the...Read More

Sandalwood- Not even a broken down bus could stop the defending District 1-8A champions from rolling to victory Tuesday night at Dennis Bartley Field, as Spruce Creek defeated Sandalwood 33-18. Spruce Creek, located near Daytona Beach Florida traveled from Central Florida by bus Tuesday, but their bus broke down four times on the way to...Read More

After a grueling hot summer it’s hard to believe Week 2 is already here. We have just the antidote to kick off the season with a solid lineup of games. This week we take a look at Sandalwood at Fleming Island, , Bartram Trail at Mainland, Glades Central at Oakleaf, , Trinity at Ribault, Creekside...Read More

With it being Memorial Day weekend, we thought it would be a great time to start releasing some of the 2017 area high school football schedules. We start with District 1-8A, which will feature Sandalwood, Mandarin, Deland,  Palm Coast and defending champion Spruce Creek. The district ended last year in a three-way tiebreaker at Mandarin, with both Spruce Creek...Read More

Football is back in 2017 as the spring football games kicked off this past week. Friday night , Yulee visited Sandalwood in exhibition action. Coach Geis getting the boys ready for the second half.@29Duke17 pic.twitter.com/JnsUJKYd9N — Saint Fan -Wood Life (@saintsndno) May 13, 2017 DJ Parker 2yd TD run. Saints 35-0 pic.twitter.com/LiHAMVffIy — PHILL-DreamKingFilmz (@dreamkingfilmz)...Read More

Sandalwood High School- The Saints held down the “Home Mat Advantage” as they won the 2016 Gateway Conference Championship for the second year in a row. Sandalwood tallied win after win in the final round of several different weight classes to get the overall team victory. The Saints capitalized on the lack of size with...Read More

MANDARIN-For nine straight weeks, arch-rivals Mandarin and Sandalwood were both ranked in the top ten state rankings and looked well on their way to a potential second round playoff meeting. That is until Sandalwood blew a 24 point lead and lost to Mandarin 34-31 and a week later Mandarin coming off the emotional win over Sandalwood, laid down in a 42-19...Read More

Mandarin scored 55 points and yielded 0 to Flagler Palm Coast as the Mustangs rebounded emphatically from their loss last week to Spruce Creek. Sandalwood put up 41 points to defeat Deland 41-21, ensuring a three team playoff with Mandarin and Spruce Creek. The scoring barrage didn’t let up on either side of the ball...Read More

We have reached the 75 % point of the season, only a few weeks left in the regular season. As teams make their final push towards making the playoffs. I will break down each local district and tell you who is good shape, who needs help and who can already prepare for the 2017 season. From 8A...Read More

MANDARIN-Knowing the ramifications of this weeks huge rivalry game with Sandalwood, Mandarin head coach Quinn Gray put a gag order on his team all week and told them to do their talking on the field. They listened well. Mandarin remained silent all week on social media and got the last laugh in a come from behind 34-31 win at the...Read More